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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	1991	2-5 breeding pairs	B2
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1991	2,000-3,000 individuals	A4i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1991	20,000 individuals	A4i
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	winter	1991	5-10 individuals	A1, A4i
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	20,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	war, civil unrest and military exercises	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Grassland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
military	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Golan Heights. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.